Oblivion:Scrolls

Scrolls are magical documents that can be used to cast spells. Anyone can use a scroll, regardless of magic skill, and casting a scroll does not use any Magicka. However, each scroll can only be used once. Also, using a scroll does not provide any magic experience.

All of the scrolls in your inventory are listed under Scrolls in the All Magic tab of your Journal. Scrolls are cast the same way as spells. There is a glitch with scrolls, however: if you select a scroll from the Magic tab of your Journal and then drop it, you will still be able to cast the spell without using up the scroll.

Most scrolls are found as random loot. The following tables provide the level at which the scroll will start to appear in random loot; a value of 0 in the Level column indicates that the scroll is never actually found in random loot.

Some scrolls are also available in fixed locations. The Uses column provides the number of instances of that scroll that can be found in specific places (which may include being in the inventory of an NPC). A value of 0 in the Uses column means that the scroll has no guaranteed locations and therefore is only found as random loot.

There are a large number of chests that have a chance of containing a scroll. These include:

36 chests with a 100% chance of containing a scroll. These are primarily boss-level chests in conjurer dungeons; there are also some boss-level chests in forts containing monsters.

52 chests with a 50% chance of containing a scroll. These are primarily boss-level chests in necromancer dungeons.

360 chests with a 25% chance of containing a scroll. These include standard chests in conjurer dungeons and boss-level chests in vampire dungeons.

Nearly 1500 chests with a 10% chance of containing a scroll, which basically includes most other chests in the game.

There are some NPCs who may be carrying scrolls; in particular the Mythic Dawn members encountered in Dagon Shrine may be carrying scrolls.

* This scroll is actually completely useless because you can't cast spells while you're paralyzed. The only way to use this scroll would be if you're not already paralyzed to begin with, which defeats the whole point of using the scroll in the first place.